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Meat Loaf wants truthful songs

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Meat Loaf wants truthful songs

Meat Loaf says the perfect song should be truthful. The 'Bat Out of Hell' singer admits fans need to be able to believe in the music and performers need to believe in the words they are singing. He said of the perfect song: ''It has to have the truth, like any script. That's the whole point of an actor. That's the whole point of an artist. That's the whole point of a stage performance, be it on Broadway, be it on a rock stage. Too many performers go on stage and it's just bouncing around singing songs; there's no truth in their performance. I don't believe them. ''They're just singing words. When I'm an actor, I need to find the truth. When I'm singing, I need to find the truth. It's always about the truth. Well, that's why I'm asking. I want to know if you start with a concept.'' The 64-year-old rocker works with a team of writers when working on songs as they all bounce ideas off each other. He told lfpress.com: I work with writers, I put 'em together, I go and I tell 'em what I want and where I'm going and what the direction of the album is. And they go, 'OK, let's get together.' And I go, 'You don't want me in there the first two days because my melodies suck!' So I get them in there, they get the melodies, then I go in. And I start changing lyrics, I start changing chords, I add bridges.''

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Beyonce has the most Grammy nominations this year, duh

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Beyonce has the most Grammy nominations this year, duh

In news that surprises nobody, the 2017 Grammy nominations were just announced, and well, Beyonce slayed (sleighed for seasonality since it's December? No. Cool).

A little record called Lemonade dominated this year's music award nominations, appearing on the short list for 9 categories, including album of the year, song of the year (for 'Formation'), and best video.

Our boy Drake, however, was not far behind—he has 8 nominations, as do Kanye and Rihanna.

Overall, the list wasn't particularly surprising (Adele did pretty well for herself too), bar the somewhat obscure choice of Sturgill Simpson's A Sailor's Guide to Earth in the Album of the Year category. That said—it's a fantastic old school country album that certainly deserves the spot.

Here’s why John Legend was jealous of Ryan Gosling

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Here’s why John Legend was jealous of Ryan Gosling

Here's more proof that Ryan Gosling is pretty much a perfect human. His La La Land co-star John Legend revealed on Good Morning America that Gosling learned how to play the piano for his role in the musical so fast it kinda had the Grammy winner sweating.

"I was kind of jealous about how fast he learned to be awesome at piano,” said multi-award-winning musician John. “I’ve been playing since I was four. It's not fair.” (Watch below.)

All jokes aside, John praised Ryan’s work ethic, and said that he felt “lucky” to be part of the film.

Also, if you missed the cuteness that is John and Chrissy playing a game of charades with Jimmy Fallon and Chelsea Handler on The Tonight Show, catch it here.

They've set a date! The next royal wedding will be in May 2017

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They've set a date! The next royal wedding will be in May 2017

Technically, this isn't actually a "royal" wedding, since neither the bride nor the groom are in fact actually royals themselves...although the bride is a royal-in-law, so...

Anyway! Pippa Middleton has set the date for her nuptials to hedge-fund guy James Mathews, so save the date for May 20, 2017 royal-watchers. (PS They couple has actually sent out the save the dates already so if you haven't gotten yours yet...tough luck old chum).

The big event is happening in Berkshire, England, and here's the best part (other than whether Harry will bring Meg as his date): George and Charlotte are in the bridal party! Prince G will be a page boy and the little princess will be a flower girl. Kate's not a bridesmaid, but she apparently will be doing a reading at some point in the ceremony.

Olivia Munn just made a major hair change

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Olivia Munn just made a major hair change

Actress Olivia Munn debuted a major hair change for the premiere of her new film, Office Christmas Party. Hairstylist Christian Wood chopped off a casual 12-inches of hair before her red carpet appearance. See below for the entire process: